Quote from Senturaholy crap Alex, how much did you pay for this one? I'm in need of a new stick, I've grown weary of mine.
The actual original price was 150$ US but I ended up paying 220$ after shipping and money conversion. It also comes with a pretty sweet EVO backpack that perfectly fits the stick. Even then it's a great general purpose backpack.
My Madcatz has the Sanwa buttons which I still prefer overall. The sanwa buttons are insanely loose. The Qanba buttons on this one are great though, slightly stiffer but still great. I'm actually having a bit of an easier time pulling off evil ryu's ridiculously small link time combos over the madcatz TE. Not sure why yet, I'll have to play more.
Either way the madcatz TE and this one are both great and I don't have a clear winner yet.